Thomas Berry

Thomas Berry "received his Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America in European intellectual history. Widely read in Western history and theology, he spent many years studying and teaching the cultures and religions of Asia. He served as founder and director (1970–1995) of the Riverdale Center for Religious Research along the Hudson River and as Professor of Religion at Fordham University where he founded and directed a graduate program in the History of World Religions. He has also taught and traveled extensively in China and Asia. His published works include: Religions of India: Hinduism, Yoga, and Buddhism (Columbia University Press, 1996, c1971), Buddhism (Columbia University Press, 1967), and a number of books regarding environmental issues, including: The Great Work: Our Way into the Third Millennium (Belltower/Random House, 1999), The Dream of the Earth (Sierra Club Books, 1988), and, with Brian Swimme, The Universe Story (HarperSanFrancisco, 1992). He is currently working on a manuscript entitled, A World of Wonder."


 * Steering Committee, Forum on Religion and Ecology
 * Patron, Gaia Foundation
 * Advisory Board (US), Sacred Earth Network
 * Advisory Board, E. F. Schumacher Society
 * Club of Budapest: Members
 * Global Council on Spirituality & Deep Ecology, World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality
 * Award Winner from the Temple of Understanding

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